More US universities back open-access physics initiative
27 April 2009
Five universities and a consortium in the USA plan to re-direct their current high-energy physics journal subscriptions to the SCOAP3 initiative
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Guide sets out open-access payment guidelines
10 April 2009
The UK's Research Information Network and Universities UK have provided advice on paying open-access publication charges
MIT agrees open-access policy
26 March 2009
The faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is adopting an open-access repository policy
US act protects NIH access policy
17 March 2009
President Obama has signed into law an act that makes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) public access policy permanent
Third Harvard school votes for open-access
17 March 2009
The faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the USA has voted to make all faculty members' scholarly articles publically available online at no charge.
Hindawi's monthly submissions exceed 1000
3 March 2009
Egypt-based open-access publisher Hindawi received more than 1000 manuscript submissions to its open-access journal collection for the first time in February 2009.
Biology journal shortens peer-review process
19 February 2009
BioMed Central's Journal of Biology hopes to end 'peer review nightmare', writes Rebecca Pool
Open-access supporters oppose US bill
19 February 2009
SPARC is asking all supporters of public access to oppose the reintroduction of the 'Fair Copyright in Research Works Act' in the USA.
Last UK research council mandates open access
12 February 2009
The UK's EPSRC has decided to mandate open-access publication of the research that it funds
Open-access publishing brings cost savings
27 January 2009
A new report reveals that research institutions could make dramatic cost savings if they followed an open-access, rather than subscription, publishing route, writes Sian Harris
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